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What We’re Reading This Week: December 6, 2019
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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Who Decides What’s “Civil”?
When acts of protest are met with calls for civility, it’s a good idea to give students some historical context about the concept.
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Celebrate Native American Heritage
Native American Heritage Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the diversity of Native cultures and communities.
November 1, 2023
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One Year Later: Reflections on Charleston
The massacre at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, deeply saddened us—but also galvanized us. On the anniversary of the attack, six TT staffers remember.
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Dear President-elect Trump
Three recipients of the 2016 Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching have an urgent message for President-elect Trump.
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'Tis the Season: Christianity and Jesus in Black and White
What message does a white Jesus send to Christians who are not white?
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I, Too
Langston Hughes, a voice of the Harlem Renaissance, writes of a black man banished to the kitchen when company arrives. This same man looks to the future, for a day when he will sit at the table to eat with company, because he, too, is an American.
July 5, 2014
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Invisible Man, Prologue
Is it possible to be seen but not noticed? To be noticed but not understood? Ralph Ellison shows that invisibility is no accident.
July 5, 2014
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An Open Letter to Ann Coulter
Following a presidential debate in 2012, Ann Coulter referred to President Barack Obama as a "retard" in one of her tweets. Stephens, a 30-year-old man with Down syndrome wrote this open letter to Coulter in response to her hurtful and uninformed comments.
July 5, 2014